NCE - Human Growth and Development questions with correct answers rated A+

NCE - Human Growth and Development Development - correct answer systematic changes and continuities in the individual that occur between conception and death Systematic changes occur in three broad areas - correct answer 1. physical development 2. cognitive development 3. psychosocial development 4 Theories of how humans grow and develop - correct answer 1. leaning 2. cognitive 3. psychoanalytic 4. humanistic 6 Ways human growth and development changes can be viewed - correct answer 1. qualitative vs. quantitative 2. continuous vs. discontinuous 3. mechanic vs. organismic Qualitative - correct answer change in structure or organization (i.e. sexual development) Quanitiative - correct answer change in number, degree or frequency (i.e. intellectual development) Continuous - correct answer changes are sequential and cannot be separated easily (i.e. personality development) Discontinuous - correct answer certain changes in abilities or behaviors can be separated from others which argues for stages of development (i.e. language development) Mechanistic - correct answer this is the reduction of all behavior to common elements (i.e. instinctual, reflexive behavior) Organismic - correct answer because of new stages, there is change or discontinuity; it is more than Stimulus-Response the organism is involved including the use of cognition (i.e. moral/ethical development) Self-concept - correct answer your perception of your qualities, attributes, and traits Self-concept for infants at birth - correct answer no sense of self Self-concept by 24 months - correct answer infants show signs of self-recognition; they can identify social categories they are in such as age and gender; they exhibit various temperments Self-concept of pre-school child - correct answer very concrete and physical (by 8 they can describe inner qualities Self-concept by adolescence - correct answer more abstract and psychological (stabilization of self concept attributes continues; cultural and family factors influence the development of attributes and some traits) 7 Developmental concepts - correct answer 1. nature 2. nurture 3. genotype 4. phenotype 5. tabula rasa 6. plasticity 7. resiliency Nature vs. Nurture - correct answer nature includes genetic and hereditary factors; nurture includes learning and environmental factors